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What Could University Statements Convey as a Response to Incidents of Racial/Ethnic Violence?
What exactly do campus constituencies need at crucial moments when incidents of racism occur? Campus constituencies need a combination of compassion and action to address structural racism. Actions need to be sustained; they cannot occur in fits and starts. That is university leaders need to be proactive in fighting racism and not reactive to specific occurrences of racial or ethnic racism.
May 14, 2021
News Roundup
Ohio University President Dr. M. Duane Nellis Announces Plans to Step Down as President
Ohio University President Dr. M. Duane Nellis announced Thursday plans to step down as president June 30, 2021, and become a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences, Gallipolis Daily Tribune reported. Nellis became Ohio University’s 21st president in 2017. During Nellis’s time, OU gained recognition for diversity efforts, modernized the general education […]
May 14, 2021
COVID-19
Some Students Optimistic About Starting Job Earnings After Graduation
Approximately 17% of students expect earning more than $85,000 per year from their first job after graduation, according to a recent survey by AIG Retirement Services and EVERFI, CNBC reported. $85,000 was the most common response from students in the survey, which asked more than 20,000 college students nationwide. A $85,000 starting salary is not […]
May 14, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Santanu Bandyopadhyay Appointed President of Modesto Junior College
Dr. Santanu Bandyopadhyay has been appointed president of Modesto Junior College (MJC), effective June 1, The Modesto Bee reported. Bandyopadhyay is currently the interim president at MJC. Bandyopadhyay was president of Columbia College when named as acting MJC president in January. In the past, he has served as executive vice president of educational programs and […]
May 14, 2021
Community Colleges
Dr. Christine Holt to Become Chancellor of University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana
Dr. Christine Holt is to become the next chancellor at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, the Magnolia Reporter reported. University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt said he will make the recommendation to UA trustees. His recommendation is subject to final approval by UA trustees at their next meeting May 26-27. Holt is […]
May 14, 2021
Students
UC Irvine Duo Endow New Scholarship Fund for Black Business Students
Dr. Tonya Williams Bradford and Dr. Kevin Bradford, professors at University of California Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, saw that there was a financial burden that comes with pursuing college education. So the husband and wife duo decided to take real action to help lighten the load for students.
May 13, 2021
STEM
Dr. Andrea Tyler Aims to Increase Black Representation in STEM
After years of struggling to find a publisher, “Seeing The HiddEn Minority: Increasing the Talent Pool through Identity, Socialization, and Mentoring Constructs,” was eventually released last year by Dr. Andrea Taylor. Written in the form of an anthology, the book highlights the importance of promoting access and diversifying the STEM pipeline.
May 13, 2021
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KEILA GRINBERG
KEILA GRINBERG has been named professor of history and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. A native of Rio de Janeiro, she has most recently been a member of the history department of the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro for almost 20 years. She holds a Ph.D. from the Universidade Federal Fluminense.
May 13, 2021
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ADRIEL A. HILTON
ADRIEL A. HILTON has been named vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at Southern University at New Orleans. Most recently dean of students and diversity officer at Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, Hilton holds a bachelor’s in finance from Morehouse College, a master’s of applied social science (public administration) degree from Florida A&M University and a Ph.D. in higher education from Morgan State University.
May 13, 2021
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CRYSTAL WILKERSON
CRYSTAL WILKERSON has been appointed poet laureate for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She is the first African American woman to hold the position. A professor of English at the University of Kentucky, Wilkerson is the author of The Birds of Opulence and winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Eastern Kentucky University and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Spalding University.
May 13, 2021
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AMYNAH MITHANI
AMYNAH MITHANI has been appointed assistant vice provost and university registrar at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Manager at Deloitte Consulting since 2019 and previously deputy university registrar at Georgetown University, Mithani holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an MBA in information systems management both from DeVry University.
May 13, 2021
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ALICIA DORN
ALICIA DORN has been named extension specialist for the School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Previously communications director and part-time deputy for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Dorn holdsa bachelor’s in mass communication and broadcast journalism from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as well as a master of public administration degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
May 13, 2021
Community Colleges
Achieving the Dream Announces Release of Guidebook to Help Understand Students
Achieving the Dream (ATD) has announced the release of a guidebook for leaders of community colleges and four-year institutions to better understand students. The Knowing our Students Guidebook addresses matters such as what it means to really know students, useful data points, effective use of data and challenges. “It is critical that we know our […]
May 13, 2021
News Roundup
President Biden Nominates Obama-era Education Department Civil Rights Leader to Same Position
President Joe Biden has nominated Catherine Lhamon to lead the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, a role Lhamon held in the Obama administration, NBC News reported. Biden announced Lhamon’s nomination as assistant secretary for civil rights Thursday. Lhamon is currently a domestic policy adviser at the White House. She was chair of the […]
May 13, 2021
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A Consequential Leader: Q&A With Mark Mitsui, President of Portland Community College
Mark Mitsui, president of Portland Community College (PCC), has been a key voice for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) during his 30-plus year career in the community college sector. Prior to his appointment as president of PCC, Mitsui served in the Obama Administration as deputy assistant secretary of community colleges within the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education in the U.S. Department of Education.
May 13, 2021
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WALTER GREASON
WALTER GREASON has been named professor and chair of the department of history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. For the past eight years, he has been a faculty member at Monmouth University, where he was most recently chair of the Department of Educational Counseling and Leadership. Greason holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in history from Temple University in Philadelphia.
May 13, 2021
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ANYA HOCKMAN
ANYA HOCKMAN has been appointed athletic director at Malone University. Hockman has served as interim athletic director since the fall of 2019 and she will leave her position as head volleyball coach at the university after 22 seasons to focus on her new duties. She holds a bachelor’s in Christian ministries from Malone University.
May 13, 2021
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LAWRENCINA MASON ORAMALU
LAWRENCINA MASON ORAMALU has been appointed director of the Center for Student Leadership at Texas Woman’s University. The former associate dean of educational partnerships at El Centro Community College in Dallas, Oramalu holds a bachelor’s from Rice University, a master’s from the University of Minnesota and a juris doctorate from the William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota.
May 13, 2021
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